Trust Destroyed? - Is The ERTC Dead As The New Hospital Site?!
PPH and JRM have tried, for over 8 MONTHS, to reach an agreement that would favor JRM with a shadowy no-bid contract to construct 300,000 square feet of medical office buildings next to the new hospital in the ERTC. As reported in the North County Times, "Failure to reach a development deal could allow JRMC to back out of the purchase agreement." See the full report in the NC Times at:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/10/14/
news/inland/poway/22_32_2810_13_05.txt
The parties, PPH and JRM, must have a certain level of trust to successfully negotiate an agreement. For this reason, I believe that the effort to site the new hospital at the ERTC is dead! I further, it appears that PPH and JRM are in a dance to shift the blame their failure to agree onto the City of Escondido.
Last September, the City of Escondido and its citizens were blindsided when it was disclosed that PPH had favored JRM-ERTC with a no-bid contract (of unknown terms) to construct 300,000 square feet of medical office buildings next to the new 800,000 square foot hospital in the ERTC. Agreement on the terms of the no-bid contract was initially due April 17, 2005. Prudent government would require that the Escondido City Council have a complete understanding of what they are a approving before allowing a private developer, JRM, to build medical office buildings (which are not part of the hospital) in the ERTC. Thus, the Escondido City Council must wait for PPH and JRM to reach an agreement BEFORE approving a zoning change that would allow JRM, as a private developer, to build the previously undisclosed medical office buildings.
Regarding the dance of blame, after the JRM contract provision was uncovered, PPH made up a new "deadline" of October 14, 2005, then November 18, 2005, and now, December 16? I believe these deadline extensions are merely part of the dance by PPH and JRM to shift the blame for their failure because these announced deadlines are not really deadlines for PPH and JRM. Instead, the deadlines are being used as a political tool for blame shifting.
In the next few months, I will be watching the actions of PPH now that the ERTC deal with JRM appears to be dead. I believe that PPH is desperate to shift the blame for its failure, and will to attempt to bait the Escondido City Council by calling for it to approve a "blank check" for JRM without seeing the agreement. Of course, the Escondido City Council will refuse to provide the blank check. Thus, the opportunity for PPH to shift the blame to Escondido if the Escondido City Council falls for the bait, i.e., it gets caught up in the dance of PPH/JRM of created and extended "deadlines" and takes up the blank check request under the pressure of an approaching deadline. Recent events show that PPH and JRM readily extend deadlines so that announced deadlines are not really deadlines.
Will the dance of PPH/JRM be successful in transferring the blame for their failures to Escondido?
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/10/14/
news/inland/poway/22_32_2810_13_05.txt
The parties, PPH and JRM, must have a certain level of trust to successfully negotiate an agreement. For this reason, I believe that the effort to site the new hospital at the ERTC is dead! I further, it appears that PPH and JRM are in a dance to shift the blame their failure to agree onto the City of Escondido.
Last September, the City of Escondido and its citizens were blindsided when it was disclosed that PPH had favored JRM-ERTC with a no-bid contract (of unknown terms) to construct 300,000 square feet of medical office buildings next to the new 800,000 square foot hospital in the ERTC. Agreement on the terms of the no-bid contract was initially due April 17, 2005. Prudent government would require that the Escondido City Council have a complete understanding of what they are a approving before allowing a private developer, JRM, to build medical office buildings (which are not part of the hospital) in the ERTC. Thus, the Escondido City Council must wait for PPH and JRM to reach an agreement BEFORE approving a zoning change that would allow JRM, as a private developer, to build the previously undisclosed medical office buildings.
Regarding the dance of blame, after the JRM contract provision was uncovered, PPH made up a new "deadline" of October 14, 2005, then November 18, 2005, and now, December 16? I believe these deadline extensions are merely part of the dance by PPH and JRM to shift the blame for their failure because these announced deadlines are not really deadlines for PPH and JRM. Instead, the deadlines are being used as a political tool for blame shifting.
In the next few months, I will be watching the actions of PPH now that the ERTC deal with JRM appears to be dead. I believe that PPH is desperate to shift the blame for its failure, and will to attempt to bait the Escondido City Council by calling for it to approve a "blank check" for JRM without seeing the agreement. Of course, the Escondido City Council will refuse to provide the blank check. Thus, the opportunity for PPH to shift the blame to Escondido if the Escondido City Council falls for the bait, i.e., it gets caught up in the dance of PPH/JRM of created and extended "deadlines" and takes up the blank check request under the pressure of an approaching deadline. Recent events show that PPH and JRM readily extend deadlines so that announced deadlines are not really deadlines.
Will the dance of PPH/JRM be successful in transferring the blame for their failures to Escondido?
posted by Robroy at 5:08 PM
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